Representative Mike Flood, Republican from Neb., Faced an intense interrogation of the people in a town hall on Tuesday, at one time admitting that he did not read a provision in the “great” large “bill of the Chamber before voting for it, causing strong protests of the audience.
The City Council was carried out in a secondary school in Seward, Nebraska, and live was broadcast on YouTube by News Channel Nebraska, a network of media founded and owned by Flood.
Flaod admitted that he did not read the complete bill when a member of the hearing asked him why he had voted in favor of a provision that would make it difficult for the judges to enforce the orders that have the parties before the contempt for challenging the judicial orders.
Flood, who has a law title of the University of Nebraska, said that he did not agree with the provision and did not know when he voted in favor of the bill.
“I believe in the rule of law. I have made an oath as a lawyer, I have made an oath as a state senator, I have made an oath as a member of the Congress, and support our judicial system, and I do believe that the federal district courts, when issuing a judicial order, should have a legal effect. In fact, I based on that when the Biden administration was instead.
“This provision was unknown to me when I voted for the bill,” he ended, shouts to the crowd.
When the moderator tried to move on to the next question, Flood stopped it, saying: “I will not hide the truth. This disposition was unknown to me when I voted for that, and when I discovered that this provision was in the bill, I immediately contacted my counterparts from the Senate and told them my concern.”
Flood’s words did not calm the attendees, who continued their screams.
The questions only became more intense from there, with the grill assistants of a series of topics, from Medicaid cuts to their voting record to changes in the nutrition nutritional assistance program.
Flood easily won in Seward’s county, winning re -election with 77.6% of the county votes in November, higher than President Donald Trump, who won 72.2% in the county. Flood won his district with 60.1% of the votes.
The Nebraska Democratic Party encouraged the followers on Tuesday to “pack the place” and ask flood questions in the City Council.
A person accused the flood of being a “fascist” and asked if he would be willing to invoke political trial articles against Trump.
Flood denied the accusation, saying: “I understand that you get a line of applause when you call me fascist, but I am not. I am not a fascist, I am American and I would never call you something like that.”
However, another person accused him of bed promises to protect medical care, but voting in favor of the “great project of beautiful law”, which could trigger cuts. The bill would cut hundreds of billions of dollars for Medicaid and Snap.
In response, Flood said that Nebraska does not provide benefits to undocumented immigrants, arguing that the draft cuts would go to that group of people and not their state. Minutes later, Flood gave the question to the crowd, asking: “Ask for the audience, do you want illegal immigrants to obtain tax funded benefits?”
The crowd responded with a strong “yes.” Flood replied: “However, I would say that this is not the majority opinion of most Nebraskanos. Next question.”
Flood organized a town hall in Columbus, Nebraska, in March, when he also faced criticism. Several of Flood’s colleagues have faced difficult questions since Trump returned to the position at the beginning of the year, leading the republican leadership of Congress in March to advise the members of the Republican party that does not celebrate the municipalities in the person.
A Flood spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
